Sentences with phrase «even higher moral»

Most strikingly, however, it prescribes with the ritual requirements for meeting the restrictions created by Yahweh's holiness an even higher moral, social and ethical demand than is found in either of the other codes.

Not exact matches

Even more devastating is Connelly's demolition of the claim to moral high ground that the overpopulation alarmists made.

The moral of this comparison is that even if you think that America's high levels of inequality are the price of our high level of national income, it's not at all clear that this price is worth paying.

There is for them only one God — he is holy, his land is holy, his nation is to be a holy people — and while the indiscriminate mixture of moral and ceremonial elements carries over old ideas even while it ventures into new ones, there is an evident elevation of the idea of holiness into terms of the divine majesty, and of the Most High's exclusive claim on man s devotion.

But apparently it's a country where good moral people can be manipulated by self - serving politicians into being distracted from the larger issues by high - school debate questions like «when does life begin» or «should gays marry,» or even «is being gay a choice.»

So your idea that they both share some universal idea is contradicted by the fact that they both realized that the highest moral callings that each of them embraced were never going to be anywhere near universally - adopted, not even in an ideal world.

No Christian writer of the New Testament, so far as our records reveal, ever faced the responsibility of applying high moral principles to preserving the institutions of society, administering governments, handling international relationships, prosecuting social reforms, or even mitigating by public measures the inequities of an economic system.1

I love it that my friend and you are wrestling with people who both of you see as OK guys with similar outlooks on social and moral issues and get on really well together but even though we can converse on belief the Old Testament is a massive stumbling block, a 100 foot high brick wall.

ive been wrestling since i was 9 years old and when i went into high school i had to wrestle a girl... growing up learning to wrestle i had ended up having violent style, i never was dirty or broke rules but i was taught to do anything in your power to win whehter it was to club down the head or grab the throat to gain position etc. unfortunately i was in the postion to wrestle a girl once and at the time i did nt care who you were boy / girl, white / black / purple it did nt matter im was going to go out there bounce your head of the mat and bury you, so i went out there and wreslted the same way i always wrestled, 110 % and always to put your oppenents back through the mat i dditn change my style at all bc she was a girl i wrestled the same against everyone but after i pinned her in the first minute i did nt even realize that i broke her ribs when i power doubled through her, now after that for the rest of the tournament i was heckled and berated for forcefully beating a girl ppl were telling my parents «hey, looks like you raised a wife beater» etc. etc.... ever since then i refused to wrestle girls and thank go i eventually grew out of the lower weights, moral of the story is that is great and all that girls are wrestling but they shouldnt wrestle boys even if they know what they are getting into because 1.

We are fairly clear concerning the nature of this new spirit, since it has been tested repeatedly in the religious tradition out of which our highest moral standards have come, even though it is now so largely ignored.

I love the fact that Arsenal is a family orientated club where no matter what happens everyone will get a fair chance to prove themselves, be it because of a loss of form or recovery from long term injury or even when trying to break into the 1st team from the youth setup However I feel that new high profile signings such as Cech, Reus, (you add who you like) would lift the moral of the entire team and give many players the confidence in their teammates that is needed when going into big games.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

The depressing thing is that most of us knew we'd lost when we saw the team sheet, 15 minutes before the game had even started... liverpools moral must've been boosted sky high

I think the high milage achieved in the pre-season testing (even if it did involve regular changes in the engines) will have been a huge moral booster.

How could Party leaders be consistent with the values (fiscal restraint, social conservatism — e.g., high moral code) they have professed for 30 years and nominate someone with zero performance in reducing expenditures even on a local level, someone tainted by giving and receiving political favors as a Commissioner on the Port Authority, and someone linked for 20 years by business and marriage to mobster activities?

In fact, they behave more like Labour members — but with an even more inflated sense that they occupy the moral high ground».

Even Democratic allies have complained of Mr. de Blasio's high - handedness — not everyone thought it was a moral obligation to make mayoral control permanent — and Ms. Wolfe will need to figure out how to keep securing wins in an environment that can be hostile for a big city liberal mayor.

Im friendly, honest, dependable and fun loving... Down to earth, Very passionate and affectionate, Happy and even tempered most of the time, High standards and morals but not in an uptight or stick in the mud kind of way..

Fiona hopes her moral compass isn't leading her astray when she reconnects with her married high school crush, but when she finds an abandoned purse with over five hundred dollars inside, she assumes her luck is finally changing; Frank is willing to do just about anything to stay in Dottie's good graces, even marry her; after Harry's passing, Debbie becomes obsessed with death; Kevin thinks about buying the Alibi; Lip meets with a colonel to glean information for Ian about West Point; Jody asks Frank for Karen's hand in marriage.

That said, the animators do a perfectly fine job - even if they are hampered by the 3D gloom - and the writers have made sure that there are plenty of high - quality quips and visual fun before we reach our obvious - from - the - start moral conclusion.

That the plan seems reasonable to all concerned, and even to the audience is just the beginning of the seductively slippery slope the tale becomes, as the price of not going through with the plan becomes higher than the moral quandary involved.

Another thing that was a bit off - putting (and I mean this in a strictly historical and filmcraft way), the film seemed to go out of its way to stamp our current morals, mores and politically - correct culture to events supposedly taking place in 18th - Century France (with minorities holding high positions in the Parisian Court and even an openly gay character introduced).

Most test - of - faith pictures are painfully solemn, even Ingmar Bergman — esque, but writer - director John Michael McDonagh is the brother of playwright (now also filmmaker) Martin McDonagh, and they share a penchant for high moral seriousness enlivened — often jarringly — by an antic Hibernian spirit.

While his detractors blame Kinsey for much of the looseness of morals that developed in the decades following his published studies, Condon's film seeks to make him somewhat of a hero, as sexual repression and lack of adequate education were responsible for a high number of unhappy and confused people who saw anything but heterosexual intercourse as deviant behavior — even oral sex was against the law in some parts of the United States at the time.

There has been some consternation this year, possibly more so than I can personally remember for some time, about studios pushing for «category fraud,» or the act of angling for an award that does not necessarily fit the category in which it is being angled for, usually due to the other category leading to a higher likelihood of winning even if it may not be entirely accurate or moral to do so.

But even when the film begins flailing (literally so in an irritating Joan Cusack's case) through a Depression - set Nancy Drew adventure, the story never loses sight of its social conviction, even connecting Kit's fearsomeness to the heroes of youth fiction — from Robin Hood to the cow that jumped over the moon — and recognizing that hers is a high - wire show of moral exactitude every child should look up to.

As a person of high moral principles I could only commend her for spending part of her large fortune in establishing in Cairo a hospital for women that served even the lowest and most despised members of that sex.

I'm interested because I am attracted to the idea of higher returns while also circumventing cc companies and not investing via the stock market / index funds in multi-national corporations that I fundamentally disagree with on a moral level, even if it is the standard way to save for retirement.

Michonne takes what the previous seasons have established and kicks it into an even higher gear with even more open and moral choices which can be the difference in trying to be peaceful or rebellious, taking revenge on a bandit or letting him live and committing a terrifying action with an ever narrowing window of time to make your decision which could potentially save the life of someone close to Michonne within her group as such moral decisions always draw a powerful emotional response from the player.

24 Even in the case of these two outstanding artists — and whether we like The Horsefair or not, we still must admire Rosa Bonheur's achievement — the voice of the feminine mystique with its potpourri of ambivalent narcissism and guilt, internalized, subtly dilutes and subverts that total inner confidence, that absolute certitude and self - determination, moral and esthetic, demanded by the highest and most innovative work in art.

He demonstrates that high self - esteem results in even greater achievement and a tendency towards success, as well as better moral character and a habit of performing acts of kindness for one's fellow, not to mention much better physical and emotional health, lifelong happiness and contentment.

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